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sunfish North American freshwater fish. A popular angler's fish, similar in appearance to perch, it has a continuous dorsal fin containing spiny and soft rays. The 30 species range in size from the blue-spotted Enneacanthus gloriosus (length: 8.9cm; 3.5in) to the large-mouth bass Micropterus salmoides (length: 81.3cm; 32in; weight: 10kg; 22lb). Family Centrarchidae.

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